End of a big week

On Tuesday, I gave a presentation to seniors at the McMinnville Senior Center. Those that I spoke with were excited about the information and asked me to return in the future.

On Thursday we held our membership meeting and I asked our membership to start think seriously about future outreach and activities of the ORARA. Is the something that you would like to see us doing or an event you would like to see us put on? Let us know and we will develop a long term plan for activities and getting the funding to accomplish those goals.

We are also looking for volunteers to work our booth at the Labor Day Picnic. I will be there but I will be organizing and cant work the booth the entire time. Come for as long as you like and help spread the word and message of the ARA with a friendly crowd. Contact Ken Hennrich
if you are interested.

After the membership meeting we held a rally in front of the Social Security office in Portland. We had a handful of activist, enthusiastically showing their support for the long term health and protection of Social Security and or opposition to the comments made by Sen John McCain. The Department of Homeland Security got wind of our rally because it was being held in front of a Federal Building. They were actually really great and were their to make sure things went smoothly and did not bother or harass us.

It was actually a little funny. I was the first person there and they started rolling around the block in their white suburbans. It was a little unnerving. One of them approached me but he was really nice and was interested in what we were doing. I cant help but wonder if my phone and or emails are being monitored since the rally. HAHA.

Although I feel the rally was a success I feel that I learned a lot and that we can do much better in the future. So........... Save the date for August 14th. I will be planning a Social Security birthday rally. I am checking around and seeing if someone else already has something for the date planned so we can team up for the event.

I hope you all have a great weekend.